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    People to follow on Social Media

    None.
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    Goldman Sachs abandons its bearish near-term view on stocks, says the bottom is in

    If so, I wonder how this will translate into market action? Could well mean new all time highs this year.
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    Goldman Sachs abandons its bearish near-term view on stocks, says the bottom is in

    Oh damn, sounds like a sell signal! :D
  4. J

    COBOL Programmers Needed

    Now there's a language you don't hear a lot any more. I had a package way back in my Commodore-64 days!
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    Using collars for hedging portfolio

    Collar is a reasonable option. Nothing will be perfect. There are other option. For example, you could sell futures equivalent to your portfolio thereby locking your value without realizing any gains on your original portfolio. Of course you'd have to roll the contacts, and be subject to...
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    Using collars for hedging portfolio

    It's another tool in the box. Nothing intrinsically good or bad about it. Depends what you're trying to accomplish. There's no free lunch anywhere!
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    Single Stock Options too expensive due to today`s IV?

    Presumably, many people are. The trading volume on these instruments is readily available information. Indexes are themselves comprised of single stocks. Their options likewise represent an aggregate of single stock IV.
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    It's So Hard not to Believe what you see with your own Eyes...

    This. What's happening today is completely irrelevant to market action. All that matters is what the market EXPECTS to happen in the future. As reality unfolds, the market will move based on reality relative to expectations. This is why you will see rallies on bad news which is "less bad...
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    I never understand shorts... Why?

    Sound linguistic analysis. Have to agree, that is a unique (and low IQ!) usage pattern.
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    COVID-19: U.S. sees biggest jump in confirmed cases, 26,400 in a day

    Yes, of course there will be an inflection point. Unfortunately I don't think we're there yet.
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    COVID-19: U.S. sees biggest jump in confirmed cases, 26,400 in a day

    I wonder some of the headline writers understand the concept of exponential growth? That headline "biggest jump in confirmed cases" can most likely be copied and pasted for a while...
  12. J

    benzinger chuck IS gross

    Not sure why anyone would watch any kind of room, ever, but this sounds funny.
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    S&P futures down 3.39%

    Someone who is consistently wrong in fact is very useful.
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    I never understand shorts... Why?

    This is a joke, right? The market (any market!) moves up AND down. Why limit yourself to making (losing?!) money only part of the time?
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    Short SVXY Put Margin Logic

    Clearly there a broad consensus by other posters here as well as IB that SVXY may break strong support at 0.00 and trade into the negatives!
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    Looking for responses to this post

    Entertaining.
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    Short SVXY Put Margin Logic

    Must be anticipating it breaking through strong support down at 0.00 and trading in the minuses!
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